Median salary
$175,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$140k – $215k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
34.9%
2,157 of 6,177 roles
Live roles
6,177
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Platform Engineer
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Software Engineer, Platform Systems
Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Platform
Web Platform Lead Engineer
Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AI
Product Engineer, Studio Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,800 | 81 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 43 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 30 |
CACI
|
$160,325 | 30 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 28 |
Elastic
|
$113,946 | 25 |
Coinbase
|
$202,483 | 22 |
Air Apps
|
$62,614 | 22 |
DevOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,700 | 299 |
| New York | $210,000 | 278 |
| Seattle | $206,250 | 124 |
| Boston | $185,000 | 63 |
| Los Angeles | $183,500 | 33 |
| Denver | $175,000 | 47 |
| Austin | $163,275 | 62 |
| Chicago | $160,000 | 82 |
| Atlanta | $153,300 | 34 |
| London | $150,839 | 31 |
Salary by employment type
| Employment type | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time | $175,500 | 2,144 |
| Contract | $81,673 | 3 |
| Internship | $110,400 | 9 |
See every DevOps role
Browse the live listings, or save this search and get alerted the moment a new one posts.
How much do DevOps roles pay?
The median salary for DevOps roles is $175,000 per year. Most pay falls between $140,000 (25th percentile) and $215,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $107,516 to $261,365.
These figures are computed live from 6,177 active DevOps roles on JobsRadar, of which 2,157 (34.9%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid DevOps roles include Metis, Inc., Anthropic, OpenAI and Embedding VC.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average DevOps salary?
- The median is $175,000 per year, with most pay between $140,000 and $215,000 (25th–75th percentile), based on 2,157 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the DevOps salary range?
- Pay ranges from about $107,516 to $261,365 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $175,000. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.